First class

1. Introductions and about MTFA
2. Class objectives

• Fly Fishing
  A. Difference between fly fishing and spin cast fishing
  B. Ancient Fly Fishing
  C. Fishing is not catching
  1. catch and release
  2. paying attention

1. Equipment for class
   A. Rods and reels
   B. Sunglasses and caps for safety
   C. Be careful with equipment
2. For the field trip to RRSP license and tag requirements
3. Trout food and flies
   A. food choices
   1. match the hatch
   2. food groups
   3. scuds and sowbugs
   4. aquatic insects & metamorphosis
   a. emergence
   b. midges, mayflies, caddisflies
   5. terrestrials, worms
   B. Flies
   1. imitator flies, attractor flies
   2. dry flies, wet flies, streamers, wooly buggers, etc

• Fly fishing basics
  1. rods, types, weights, stiffness
  2. lines, leaders, tippets, mono-fluorocarbon
  3. hooks, indicators
  4. Waders or not
  5. Other equipment
• Knots PP
  1. Knots for different uses and places
  2. surgeons knot, perfection loop, loop to loop, improved clinch, Davy knot, tangles
  3. check your leader occasionally
  4. wind knots and other tangles

1. Casting
   1. demonstration w/ teaching rod
   2. Rod Assembly PP, assembly/disassembly
   3. 15 minutes to get to Memorial Park and set up
   4. Casting Practice